'Here's my mate!' cries George, elbowing the man next to him, turning away from John, David and Farrokh all having a vigorous discussion about weapons laws. Roy waves over a garçon and orders another round for the table. 'I hope Pete didn't give you any trouble.'

Even at my dumbest and punkest I had an appreciation for his music. I think now it's because he took the best parts of being Dylan without being Dylan and combined it with a very ROCK sensibility without the ridiculousness of the rock scene at the time. I was with him until "You Don't Know How It Feels" because that was just pandering. I also felt that his appearance in 'The Postman' was when the movie just took and obliterated the suspension of disbelief.

TLDR: good music, sorry to see go. Benchmark for when The Postman started sucking.